1929: Harry Retires Categories: Business/Career, Life Events Timelines: Main

In 1929 Harry retired from business, aged 69, to enjoy life in his country cottage. Just two years before, he wrote;

“…like most men getting on in years, and very keenly aware that they have not too much time left in which to enjoy the sun and the wind, the wine and the good fellowship, of this bright earth, I have my dreams of leisure, hours when I plan what I will do with days that are now full – too full… I have a few acres, with rather a beautiful garden, and some bull-terriers and ponies and a horse, a fountain and a stream and some ducks, and an old-world cottage on which I and my wife have expended some care and thought, and to which I have gradually transferred sentimental treasures in the way of books and pictures and the nicknacks given to me by friends whom I love; and here, one of these days, if I continue to live, I shall retire to enjoy the leisure which I cannot find now.”